Obituary of Jay Sharpes

July 29, 1968 - February 20, 2018

Jay Dean Sharpes.  Age 49 of Riverview.

Beloved husband of Karen Sharpes.  Loving father of Miranda Sharpes, Paul Rossi and Billy Abraham.  Dear son of Lloyd Sharpes.  Preceded in death by mother Diane Baber.  Also survived by brothers and sisters.

FAMILY TRIBUTE

I am writing this post with tears in my eyes. Wyandotte P.D. and the city of Wyandotte has suffered an enormous loss. Yesterday morning we had the untimely passing of Detective Jay Sharpes. Jay had been hospitalized recently and it was learned that he had Leukemia. Jay fought hard for nearly three weeks before passing away at age 49. Jay was a 16 year veteran of WPD. Prior to working for Wyandotte Jay worked at the Wayne County Jail and at metro airport as a deputy. Jay was also a navy veteran.

Jay was an awesome co-worker who made everyone laugh throughout each work day with his many antics. WPD is going to be strangely quiet now without Jay’s constant singing, humming and whistling. The dude would regularly break out into song and dance at any time and he didn’t care who was around when he did it. God what I would give to hear him sing boyz to men one more time.

Jay was also famous for his unique sayings like “finer than frog’s hair”, “I could have stayed at home and been insulted”, “audi 5000” and many others that I can’t put on social media due to their “R” ratings.

Jay truly was one of the kindest and most compassionate human beings that I have ever met. I know I share the same feelings as every other co-worker of Jay’s when I say that it was a pleasure to be his co-worker and an absolute honor to be his friend. I can personally tell you that not a day will go by that I won’t think about my dear friend Jay Sharpes. Heaven just got one of the goofiest most fun loving people that ever walked this earth. I just wish heaven hadn’t got him so soon.